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R
SQL
Python
SPSS
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Spark
Tableau
Git
Excel/Word/Powerpoint
Jamovi
LISREL
ONYX
Psytoolkit
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Brian Kissell - Curriculum Vitae

QUANTITATIVE RESEARCHER | DATA SCIENTIST | EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGIST

Applied researcher highly skilled in the design, implementation, and analysis of large and complex datasets. Expertise in research design, interpretable statistical modeling, causal inference, and textual analysis.

Education

PhD. Applied Experimental Psychology

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, MI

2020 - 2017

M.S. Applied Experimental Psychology

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, MI

2017 - 2015

B.S. Psychology

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah

2013 - 2011

A.S. Psychology

Salt Lake Community College

Salt Lake City, Utah

2011 - 2008

Research Experience

Experimental Doctoral Student

Experimental Social Psychology Lab

Central Michigan University

2020 - 2015

  • Managed research teams on more than twenty experiments and surveys. Led teams through hypothesis generation, data collection, statistical modeling, and the reporting of results.
  • Used R for each study to conduct power analyses, clean and prepare the datasets, run descriptive statistics and hypothesis tests (i.e., analysis of variance, linear and logistic regression, t-tests, chi-square, equivalence tests, psychometric tests, etc.), create data visualizations, and perform exploratory data analysis to further develop theories and address relevant questions.
  • Conducted meta-analyses, evaluated causal diagrams with general linear models, ran path analyses, ran structural equation models, and constructed and validated numerous measures.

Research Assistant

Dynamical Systems Lab

University of Utah

2014 - 2012

  • Independently analyzed and explored numerous simulated datasets related to dynamical systems theory.

Research Assistant

COPE Lab

University of Utah

2012 - 2011

  • Transcribed children interviews and worked with textual data.


Industry Experience

Technical Skills: Statistics and Machine Learning

  • Linear Regression
  • Logistic Regression
  • General Linear Model
  • Correlation
  • Analysis of Variance
  • Time Series Analysis
  • Meta-Analysis
  • Psychometrics
  • Factor Analysis
  • Structural Equation Modeling
  • Bayesian Analysis
  • Random Forest Models
  • Principle Component Analysis
  • K-Means Clustering
  • Hierarchical Clustering
  • K Nearest Neighbors
  • Naïve Bayes
  • Probability
  • Statistical Inference

Data Scientist

Freelance

Mount Pleasant, Michigan

2020 - 2018

  • Conducted numerous data science projects by utilizing the CRISP-DM method (i.e., business understanding, data understanding, data preparation,, modeling, evaluation, and deployment).
  • Utilized Python, R, and SQL to scrape textual data and to create large datasets.
  • Conducted data cleaning, textual analysis, data visualization, machine learning, classification modeling, natural language processing, and more.

Technician

ARUP Laboratories

Salt Lake City, Utah

2015 - 2011

  • Facilitated testing in a genetics laboratory, and gained experience working with data in a medical setting.


Unpublished Manuscripts

A preregistered paradigmatic test of the ego depletion effect.

Collaboration with Bryan Gibson, Kathleen D. Vohs, Brandon J. Schmeichel, and others.

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2020

A meta-analytic evaluation of biased assimilation and polarization.

Collaboration with Bryan Gibson, Matt Prewett, and Matt M. Motyl.

N/A

2019

The influence of overvaluation on narcissism.

Collaboration with Bryan Gibson, and Brad Bushman.

N/A

2018

Profundity, truth, and BS: An Investigation of the BRS.

Collaboration with Bryan Gibson, Kyle C. Scherr, and Christopher C. Davoli.

N/A

2018

The impact of physical position and prayer on cognitive style.

Collaboration with Bryan Gibson, Kyle C. Scherr, and Christopher C. Davoli.

N/A

2017

Has psychology always been so ideologically biased? A historical approach.

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2017



















Unpublished Studies and Data

Technical Skills: Research Methods

  • Hypothesis Generation
  • Experimental Design
  • Survey Design
  • A/B Testing
  • Sampling Methods
  • Qualitative Methods
  • Scale Construction
  • Measurement Validation
  • Data Collection
  • Web Scraping
  • Statistical Simulation
  • Power Analysis
  • Causal inference
  • Causal Diagrams

Construction of the perceived threat to identity scale.

Collaboration with Bryan Gibson, Kyle C. Scherr, Christopher C. Davoli, Sarah E. Domoff, Emily K. Bloesch.

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2020

Experimental evaluation of the perceived threat to identity scale.

Collaboration with Bryan Gibson, Kyle C. Scherr, Christopher C. Davoli, Sarah E. Domoff, Emily K. Bloesch.

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2020

Classification model of political affiliation with Twitter data from all members of the 116th U.S. Congress.

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2020

Audio transcription, textual analysis, and statistical modeling of a religious podcast.

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2020

Religious decline on right-wing authoritarianism, ideology, and Trump tweets.

Collaboration with Bryan Gibson.

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2020

The induction of religious decline through video clips on authoritarianism, conservative ideology, and authoritarian behavior.

Collaboration with Bryan Gibson.

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2020

The influence of cellphones on serial associative cognition.

Collaboration with Bryan Gibson, Christopher C. Davoli, and Emily K. Bloesch.

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2020

Textual analysis of sixty years of speeches from leaders of a religious organization.

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2019

A meta-analytic evaluation of biased assimilation and polarization.

Collaboration with Bryan Gibson, Matt Prewett, and Matt M. Motyl.

N/A

2019

The influence of cellphones on serial associative cognition. Pilot.

Collaboration with Bryan Gibson, Christopher C. Davoli, and Emily K. Bloesch.

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2019

The influence of mindfulness meditation on serial associative cognition.

Collaboration with Bryan Gibson, Christopher C. Davoli, and Emily K. Bloesch.

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2019

Teaching about the replication crisis: Pilot.

Collaboration with Bryan Gibson, and Kyle C. Scherr.

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2019

Religious decline and contemplation on authoritarianism, religious beliefs, evaluative bias, and political beliefs.

Collaboration with Bryan Gibson.

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2018

Religious decline and source of information on authoritarianism, religious belief, evaluative bias, and political beliefs.

Collaboration with Bryan Gibson.

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2018

Religious threat on political and religious beliefs.

Collaboration with Bryan Gibson.

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2018

Religious threat on evaluative bias and religiosity.

Collaboration with Bryan Gibson.

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2018

The influence of religious threat on a Christianity/Islam implicit association task.

Collaboration with Bryan Gibson.

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2018

The influence of religious threat on a Christianity/Islam implicit association task and the religious and political beliefs of participants.

Collaboration with Bryan Gibson.

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2018

A preregistered paradigmatic test of the ego depletion effect.

Collaboration with Bryan Gibson, Kathleen D. Vohs, Brandon J. Schmeichel, and others.

N/A

2017

The effect of experimenter presence on ego-depletion.

Collaboration with Bryan Gibson.

N/A

2017

The impact of physical position and prayer on cognitive style.

Collaboration with Bryan Gibson, Kyle C. Scherr, and Christopher C. Davoli.

N/A

2017

Profundity, truth, and BS: An Investigation of the BRS.

Collaboration with Bryan Gibson, Kyle C. Scherr, and Christopher C. Davoli.

N/A

2017

Religious threat and writing about religious experience on the cognitive reflection test, need for cognition, and faith in intuition.

Collaboration with Bryan Gibson.

N/A

2017

Religious threat and writing about religious experience on pseudo-profound beliefs (BRS).

Collaboration with Bryan Gibson.

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2017

The influence of overvaluation on narcissism: Study 1.

Collaboration with Bryan Gibson, and Brad Bushman.

N/A

2016

The influence of overvaluation on narcissism:Study 2.

Collaboration with Bryan Gibson, and Brad Bushman.

N/A

2016


Conferences, Posters, and Presentations

Technical Skills: Reporting

  • Data Visualization
  • RMarkdown
  • Shiny Apps
  • Dashboard Construction
  • Technical Writing

Religious decline, political ideology, and authoritarianism.

Poster Session – Annual Student Research and Creative Endeavors Exhibition. Mount Pleasant, MI: Central Michigan University.

N/A

2019

Facebook and fake news: How misinformation is spread and why we fall for it.

Panel Discussion - Mount Pleasant, MI: Central Michigan University.

N/A

2019

A meta-analytic evaluation of biased assimilation and polarization.

Experimental Seminar - Mount Pleasant, MI: Central Michigan University.

N/A

2019

Has psychology always been so ideologically biased? A historical argument for ideological diversity.

Poster Session - SPSP Annual Convention. Atlanta, GA: Society for Personality and Social Psychology.

N/A

2018

Religious decline, conservative ideology, and authoritarianism.

Experimental Seminar - Mount Pleasant, MI: Central Michigan University.

N/A

2018

The influence of physical position and prayer on cognitive style.

Poster Session - The Cognition of Belief. Washington, D.C.: John Templeton Foundation.

N/A

2017

Replication of ego-depletion and the influence of experimenter presence.

Experimental Seminar - Mount Pleasant, MI: Central Michigan University.

N/A

2017

The impact of physical position and prayer on cognitive style.

Experimental Seminar - Mount Pleasant, MI: Central Michigan University.

N/A

2017

Profundity, truth, and BS: An Investigation of the BRS.

Experimental Seminar - Mount Pleasant, MI: Central Michigan University.

N/A

2016


Teaching Experience

Technical Skills: Data Processing

  • Data Manipulation
  • Data Cleaning
  • Data Collection
  • Exploratory Data Analysis

Research Methods | Course Instructor

Central Michigan University Psychology Department

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Current - 2020

Research Methods | Course Instructor

Central Michigan University Psychology Department

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Current - 2019

Stress | Course Instructor

Central Michigan University Psychology Department

N/A

Current - 2019

Social Psychology | Course Instructor

Central Michigan University Psychology Department

N/A

Current - 2018

Social Psychology | Course Instructor

Central Michigan University Psychology Department

N/A

Current - 2018

Social Psychology | Course Instructor

Central Michigan University Psychology Department

N/A

Current - 2017

Statistics in Psychology | Teaching Assistant

Central Michigan University Psychology Department

N/A

Current - 2017

Introduction to Psychology | Teaching Assistant

Central Michigan University Psychology Department

N/A

Current - 2016

Developmental Psychology | Teaching Assistant

Central Michigan University Psychology Department

N/A

Current - 2016

Developmental Psychology | Teaching Assistant

Central Michigan University Psychology Department

N/A

Current - 2015

Mentees/Research Assistant

Natural Language Processing

  • Text Mining
  • Sentiment Analysis
  • Regular Expressions
  • Topic Modeling
  • Named Entity Recognition
  • Classification
  • Recommendation systems
  • Spoken language processing

Kourtney Nardone

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Meghan Hayden

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Elliot Leddy

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Erica Jaime

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Sharon Werner

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Adam Bartley

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Jack Barker

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Abby Harmon

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Carter Bonifas

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Gabrielle Harter

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Lou Ivey

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Professional Affiliations

Association for Psychological Science

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Society for Personality and Social Psychology

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Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science

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Advanced Statistical Coursework

PSY 511 – Statistics in Psychology

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PSY 611 – Research Design (Analysis of Variance)

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PSY 612 – Applied Multiple Regression/Correlation

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PSY 613 – Multivariate Statistical Methods

Correlational Methods

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PSY 614 – Structural Equation Modeling

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PSY 737 – Seminar in I/O Psychology (Meta-Analysis)

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DataCamp Certifications

Social Psychologist

  • Expertise in research on attitude formation, persuasion, decision-making, and social cognition. Highly experienced in extracting insights from complex and dynamic datasets, particularly through the use causal and statistical inference.

Data Scientist with R

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Statistician with R

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Statistical Inference with R

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Statistics Fundamentals with R

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Probability and Distributions with R

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Data Analyst with R

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Machine Learning Scientist with R

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Machine Learning Fundamentals in R

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Importing and Cleaning Data with R

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Tidyverse Fundamentals with R

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Text Mining with R

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Python Programmer

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Python Programming

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Marketing Analytics with Python

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Data Analyst with SQL Server

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SQL Server Fundamentals

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References

Bryan Gibson, PhD

Academic Advisor

Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI

2020 - 2015

Kyle Scherr, PhD

Mentor

Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI

2020 - 2015

Christopher Davoli, PhD

Mentor

Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI

2020 - 2015